by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Oct 12, 2025 | Scam of the day
Celebrating Halloween has become a major event in recent years with many adults searching for elaborate costumes and of course whenever many people are interested in something, scammers appear ready to take advantage of that interest. Scammers have set up phony...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jul 27, 2025 | Scam of the day
Scammers are big fans of gift cards because they are easy to purchase, easy to send to the scammer and impossible to trace to the scammer. It is not even necessary for the scammer to be in possession of the actual gift card to use it. Sending the gift card numbers...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | May 28, 2025 | Scam of the day
USA Today recently did a story about scammers using phony customer service numbers to scam people. Regular readers of Scamicide might remember I have been warning you about this scam since 2017. Scammers are increasingly setting up phony websites that appear to...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Mar 19, 2024 | Scam of the day
We have all seen Facebook postings urging us to click that we “like” them. Sometimes it is an emotional appeal to show support for a sick child. Sometimes it is to show support for a political message. Often it is a post related to a missing child. ...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Sep 16, 2021 | Scam of the day
Recently, Michael Ackerman was convicted in federal court of operating a cryptocurrency scam in which he and two partners scammed investors out of 30 million dollars by falsely claiming that his cryptocurrency investment fund would produce monthly returns of more than...
